{Jena Witch} Over the Moon box (an LPS peek)

Thank You again so much for understanding again when I have to pull a disappearing act. As though you really had a choice, right? ;-) Sorry, I wish it wasn't necessary to miss days & You know me, I feel ultra guilty and broken-record-y. I would much rather hang with You all, but life--and Monsieur Migraine (aka the-evil-head-torturer) is still getting in the way daily, dang it all!

Anywho, without further ado, meet {Jena Witch}!
the newest set from Little Paper Shop

She's sittin' pretty over the city. :o)

1...preview peek of the new Little Paper Shop Set {Jena Witch}
2...pictorial for how to make a moon treat box
3...the round box template

(new LPS Set {Jena Witch})

This lil' witch is flyin in on Tuesday
(her release day at LPS)

Nothing like a cute new stamp to fire up your mojo, hey? I'm so stoked about today's sneak preview {Jena Witch}. I flip for Halloween. I've dressed up as a witch a few time (and a vampire, princess Leia, an alien, a bunny wabbit, a crow... you get the idea...I lurve Halloween madly!)

Want to win her?
Simply comment on the LPS blog here!
easy or what? ;o)

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...make a moon treat box

• {Jena Witch} stamp set (Coming soon to the Little Paper Shop!)
• Round box template (linked below)
  
• Core'dinations cardstock (Roy G Biv Super Assortments-2 yellows)
• Sandpaper
• Printer & text file (details below)
• Strong adhesive (I used Scor-tape & Tombow)
  
• Scissors & paper cutter
• Scor-pal (or another scoring tool)
• Paper piercer, black thread, & needle
• Black ink, clear embossing powder, & heat gun
• Prismacolour pencils, Copic markers, & Sakura Souffle pens
  
• BasicGrey Ambrosia paper (6x6 pack)
  
• Copic Spica (clear) & Silver Zigpainty pen
  

Step 1} Trace, cut, & score the round box template.



Step 2} Sand Core'dinations cardstock to distess it & remove the dust.



Step 3} Make the ruffled edge. This is a trick I learned from the Brilliant Nathalia; her fantastic tutorial is here. These are made this way...

A) Print Halloween text onto the sanded Core'dinations cardstock
B) Let the printer ink dry for a couple seconds
C) Cut it into strips
D) Score it & fold it (I scored it every half an inch)
E) Adhere the folds to themselves--curving it to fit the circular box.

(This text is Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat typed in MSword in Underwood Champion a free font from dafont



Step 4} Adhere the folded text strips around the circle & trim them (using the box circle edge as a cutting guide)



Step 5} Pierce & stitch through the folded strips.



Step 6} Cut a city (this was cut with the Cricut Expression & the cartridge that comes with it Plantin Schoolbook) (For more details on how this city was made please see this post.)



Step 7} Stamp {Jena Witch} in Black ink & emboss her with clear embossing powder. She's coloured with a mix of Prismacolour pencils, Copic markers, & Sakura pens. I paper pieced her dress using BasicGrey Ambrosia paper.

Her fishnet stockings are my favourite part (she's sassy! heehee) A pencil crayon seemed the easiest way to get a thin, soft line on them.



Step 8} Trace & cut two semi circles to line the box with. This is more of that BasicGrey Ambrosia.



Step 9} Adhere the liner pieces inside the box. (Dear Tombow, I loves ya too much!)

Step 10} Glue the paper pieces onto {Jena Witch} & stick her to the top of the moon box.

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(round box template at 80%)

For now it's just a traceable template...


I tried to make a new whole template with 2 round ends, but my technical skill is rather limited, so I couldn't get it to work & had to give up, for now. (I need tech support! LOL)

Used at this percentage, this makes a 4.5 inch diameter box.
For the original 5.5 inch box template, please see this post.

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